Since the day the Dashing by Chocolate block was released, I knew exactly what my version was going to be. My machine's bobbin winder broke and I've been without bobbins since, but it was fixed & I finished this block.The final NBA Championship game was that night and for me, and every other Clevelander, it was almost too good to be true... there's a litany of almosts & last-minute-losses we can recite for all the games in which our team was 'that close' to winning it all. And lost.It is painful to watch our teams year after year. But we do watch & we cheer & we back them all the way. This series was no exception. They played great! But then it was down to the last game... oh, I just couldn't watch! Too many losses in the past!I watched Game of Thrones & something else afterward. Then all of a sudden my husband comes flying down the stairs yelling, "Turn on ABC! Turn on channel 5!" He had witnessed the Cavaliers play to victory on the small TV! We stayed up that night until 3am watching the replays and the confetti and the trophy ceremony and the party in the streets of Cleveland! And I knew this block would commemorate our team's & our town's victory of that day. I call it, "Those Dashing Cavaliers."

I was inspired by Amy Gibson's Lemonade Block, but had commitments all day Thursday & worked both jobs Friday, so was exhausted by the end of both days and only had the energy to pull fabrics for it. But after a great night of sleep, I turned on my machine & plugged in my iron & started on the block this morning. I have the perfect fabrics for the original design. But it being morning, and being hungry, and spotting a favorite fabric on top of my pile turned "Lemonade" into "Sunny-side Up!"I added more curves (35 yrs of quilting & I've managed to avoid them until now!) & rushed to put it together and it shows, but we're making lemonade, right? So this is the 'practice' version and am confident the original design of the block will be spot-on!